50 Cents (Abduction of Europa - Silver Proof Issue) Coin

50 Cents (Abduction of Europa - Silver Proof Issue)

Country: Cyprus
Denomination: 50 Cents (Sent) (0.5 CYP)
Year: 1991
Material: Silver (.925)
Weight: 7.0 g
Shape: Equilaterally curved Heptagon (7-sided)
Diameter: 26.0 mm
Type: Non circulating coin
Catalog list: cyprus

Description:

Obverse

The coat of arms of the Republic (A dove holding an olive twig and the independence year 1960), laurel twigs around.

Reverse

A composition based on a 4th century BC coin of the Cypriot Kingdom of Marion depicting the abduction of Europe by Zeus transfigurated into a bull. "King Timocharis" written in Cypriot syllabary (characters not supported here).

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